Data Scientist Intern - 2027

Hudson River Trading (HRT) is a quantitative trading firm that uses data and scientific methods to power its research, automated trading, and risk management. The Data Scientist Intern will work on normalizing and validating vendor data, extracting features from quantitative and textual data, applying quality checks, and investigating methods for providing high-quality data for research and trading.

What you'll do:

• Data Scientists are responsible for normalizing and validating vendor data, extracting features from quantitative and textual data, applying rigorous quality checks, and investigating methodologies for providing the highest quality data for research and trading

What they're looking for:

• You are a full-time student pursuing a degree in a STEM field — a computer science background is not required
• Programming experience with Python at the level of “Python for Data Analysis” by Wes McKinney
• A curiosity for working with data and finding insights
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Strong communication skills
• Independent data projects, kaggle competitions, and such are a plus

Benefits:

• Company-paid housing
• Meals
• Technical project work and mentorship
• Team events
• Opportunities to learn all about HRT's research and trading infrastructure, even in areas you may not be working in directly